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The week in pictures
This week in the world of drinks: The Hidden Sea Wine removed over 63,000 plastic bottles from the ocean in July as part of its billion bottle removal pledge, UK importer Indigo Wine releases No Man is an Island wine to raise money for hospitality action, and St James bar appoints a new head bartender.
The Hidden Sea Wine, backed by Sainsbury’s and the Co-op, removed more than one million plastic bottles from the ocean in July, as part of its wider pledge to remove one billion bottles by 2030. To date, the brand has removed over four million bottles from the ocean.
UK Importer Indigo Wine has partnered with boutique Burgundy producer Mischief and Mayhem to create a wine sold to benefit the charity Hospitality Action. With a label designed by Observer political cartoonist Chris Riddell OBE, ‘No Man is an Island’ is a 2014 Chambolle Musigny and can be found at Hawksmoor, Trinity, 45 Park Lane, 10 Cases, The Black Book Soho, Bibendum, Flat Three, Davies and Brook, Murano and Le Comptoir Robuchon. It is also available to buy direct from The Sourcing Table, priced at £45.50 per bottle. All profits from the wine will go directly to Hospitality Action.
Five-star hotel Sofitel St James has announced that the new head bartender of its St James Bar will be Stanislav Andruskevic. Stanislav comes with an impressive resumé having worked at The Bar at Gilbert Scott, Oblix at The Shard and Hakkasan. He also worked at Annabel’s Members Club in Mayfair before taking his talents to Bangkok to head up the team at Sky Bar at Lebua Hotel & Resorts.
The cork harvest takes place every year from May to August, and the below pictures were taken earlier this week in Coruche, Ribatejo region, Portugal. A cork oak tree is only harvested once it has fully matured – a process that takes 25 years. Each tree is then harvested every nine years, giving a chance for the bark to grow back thick enough to make usable cork.
This year the vermouth and aperitif brand from Barcelona, El Bandarra, is sponsoringThe Boardmasters festival in Cornwall, which runs from Wednesday-Sunday next week.
Have you been out and about this week? Know somewhere we should visit? Let us know in the comments.